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3rd grade social studies projects
Country Study Report & Country Research Projects Countries Around the World
Are you working on a country study in your classroom? Completing a country research project for one of the many amazing countries around the world can be such a great way to open your students eyes to the diversity of countries, peoples, and cultures around the world. This fun, fresh and engaging country report resource is the perfect DIFFERENTIATED way to meet each student where they are and guide them as they present their research on countries around the world. Complete with 32 countries from
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2nd - 5th
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National Parks Research Road Trip PBL Project Based Learning Writing Math
Do you love our National Parks and want to find a way to integrate reading, writing, math, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in a fun, real-life context into your lessons? Consider using project-based learning in your classroom! In this PBL unit, students can plan a road trip to the national parks with their families, while also creating a realistic budget for their vacation.One of the benefits of this project-based learning unit is that it allows for student choice and personalizati
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3rd - 6th
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Patriotic Agamographs | Original, Unique Memorial Day Activity
Patriotic Agamographs for America and Canada. My original, very popular patriotic agamographs are fun and unique activities to easily integrate art into your classroom. They are often copied but never equalled! This resource included a complete set of instructions, handouts, and teaching videos for the American and Canadian versions.I have priced this resource assuming you will be using the American designs OR the Canadian—not both (but of course, you are free to use them all). So in other words
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3rd - 8th
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Project Based Learning Activity: Island Survival (PBL) Now for Google Classroom
Project Based Learning Activity: Island SurvivalThis project based learning (PBL) activity integrates elements of science, ELA, and social studies into a student-centered adventure that combines imagination, creativity, and problem solving skills as they try and survive mysteriously arriving on an island.There are 16 activities (1 page for almost each one) for students to complete. Each page involves a problem or idea they must solve, recreate, or answer. Pages can vary from writing, map skil
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2nd - 6th
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Black History Month Activity Collaborative African American Biographical "Quilt"
My Famous Faces® of African-American History "Quilt" project is the perfect whole-class activity to do during Black History Month or any time of the year! It connects the individual with the group using hexagons that will tessellate to create a large “quilt” collaboration poster featuring 40 influential African Americans and their biographies. The final poster has a ton of “wow factor” when complete, and I hope it will make a large impact on your students as they learn about these 40 influential
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1st - 8th
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State Reports Research Project Template | Informational Report Writing | Report
These State Report Information Report Pennant Banners come with 50 amazing pennants for displaying your research project on one of the fifty nifty United States. Perfect for any time of the year, these pennants are a great way to supplement your social studies instruction as well as help your students organize their research. Save time by integrating your social studies and ELA instruction! In addition to being excellent informational organizers for your students, these state pennant banners a
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3rd - 5th
National Parks Research Activities End of Year Project Includes Yellowstone
This Visit a National Park research project will have your students so engaged, they won't want the activity to end! In this unit, students have the opportunity to plan a trip to a National Park, create a road map, write a research article, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun U.S. National Parks Activity? Now includes nonfiction reading passages and other bonus reading activities!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PB
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3rd - 6th
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Plan a Road Trip Activities Real World Math Project Travel Brochure Vacation
This real world writing and math Plan a Road Trip project will have your students so engaged, they won't want the activity to end! In this unit, students the have opportunity to plan a trip and persuade others to visit their chosen destination! Now includes a bonus vacation journal and road trip activities!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PBL Activities Bundle for the Year!Click the PREVIEW above to see everything included.All of the hard work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages, and
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3rd - 6th
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Biography Research Project Graphic Organizer, Templates, Rubrics, Report Writing
Biography Report templates that can be used as a graphic organizer, lap book, or template for a biography project, such as writing a biography research report or summary on any historical person. It's a great resource for Black History Month, Women's History Month, and to make a wax museum project for second grade, third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade.Students use graphic organizers, activities, and various report options for a biography report presentation or to complete a genre study of
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2nd - 5th
Ancient Civilizations STEM Activities Challenges Projects Egypt Pyramids Greece
Ancient Civilization STEM & STEAM Challenges Bundle for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students! Cross-curricular challenges for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations This bundle contains 8 StudentSavvy STEM Resources! The Stone Age | Early Humans, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome STEM Challenges! {UPDATE: A DIGITAL VERSION IS ALSO INCLUDED USING TPT'S NEW DIGITAL ACTIVITY TOOL!}This resource is p
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3rd - 7th
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State Report Research Project - Templates for all 50 States
Are your students writing State Reports? This United States research project includes templates for all 50 states, making it easy to assign each student a different state (if desired.) In just one download, teachers can print a project for each state, as well as a common note-taking sheet that guides students through the research. The State Report is only 3 pages in length (giving students the confidence to complete it with excellence) but is packed with information. When done, students have
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3rd - 5th
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Biography Research Report Project Template, Google Slides, Digital, Any Figure
Students LOVE this digital biography research project! A ready-to-go biography report template that works with any historical figure or hero (research links included). Low prep and engaging! Students research their figure and use the biography template slides to create a unique Google Slides (or PPT) presentation (with an optional written report). Great for individual or group biography research projects!❤️❤️❤️ SAVE BIG with the Digital Research Projects BUNDLE!⭐️ PERFECT FOR >>>2nd - 5
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2nd - 4th
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Dream Vacation End of Year Project
Planning a vacation has never been so fun! In this cross-curricular project, students will plan, budget, and journal about their "dream vacation". They will pull skills from math, language arts, and social studies and work with their group members to complete the project.This is a great resource for distance learning and includes an update in which students plan their "dream vacation" for just them (not a small group). In the resource, you will find a 23-page packet to guide students while pla
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3rd - 6th
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Map Skills Make Your Own Map Project with Map Worksheets and Map Activity
Create your own map using this fun, creative activity to learn about reading maps. Students love designing maps with towns, cities, parks, and islands. They complete practice worksheets and create their maps. This project based learning activity is a hands-on way to interact with maps.You receive:4 map worksheets - becoming progressively more difficult2 compass rose pages for students to complete (choose the level you need)6 different "Make Your Own Map" project pages to choose from3 differentia
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2nd - 4th
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Ancient Egypt Activities STEM Challenges Pyramids STEM Challenge Project Craft
Ancient Egypt STEM & STEAM Challenges Cross-curricular challenges for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations and Ancient Egypt! This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning! There are 2 Egypt STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3,
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3rd - 6th
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Three Branches of Government Tree Craft Activity + Flipbook
DaisyDoggy presents: "Three Branches of Government Tree Craft Activity + Flipbook."
This craft activity is a great way to introduce, teach, or assess student's understanding of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government.
Once all pieces of the tree are colored and cut out, the tree is easily assembled by gluing each set of "leaves" to its corresponding lined counterpart. This allows for students to lift up the leaves to reveal what they have learned about each branch. In a
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2nd - 5th
Black History Month Activities: Collaborative Posters BUNDLE Set 1 (w/ MLK Jr.)
Black History Month Collaboration Posters Bundle Set 1. This is the first volume of my Black History Month Collaboration Posters bundled together. There are five (5) people featured in this bundle: Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ruby Bridges, Booker T. Washington, and Barack Obama. These posters are great for ANY age or grade, as I have included several variations for each poster.My collaboration posters are easy for teachers and fun for kids and make a lasting impression—on students,
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2nd - 9th
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Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets
Do you want your students to master all the economics terms and standards in 3rd and 4th grade? Well this hands-on PBL unit to teach economics covers many different concepts through a real life project. After learning vocabulary your students will go through a project that will teach them all about economics. This is not an explicit teaching product, but a project based learning product.This Unit Covers1. Scarcity2. Opportunity Costs3. Producers and Consumers4. Budgets5. Market PlacesWhy will th
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3rd - 5th
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Colonial America | 13 Colonies | Colony Unit | Colonization | Print | Google
Colonial America - Thirteen Colonies Unit - This comprehensive Colonial America unit includes all the information needed to teach the colonization of North America in your classroom. No textbook is needed! It includes well-crafted informational text and activities in chronological order. This Colonial America unit is perfect for print or distance learning. This 13 Colonies unit is now available in Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF form. DISTANCE LEARNING:COLONIAL UNIT TEACHER PDF: Plans, study
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3rd - 5th
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Geography - Balloon Globes - World Maps
World Geography can be boring for students but you can make it FUN! Your kiddos will LOVE creating their own globe using a balloon and cut-outs.This set includes: Student materials list and directions, detailed continent shapes, more broad continent shapes (easier cutting), compass graphic, continent labels, ocean labels, North Pole labels, reference map of the world. Balloon Suggestion (affiliate link): 12"latex balloons (100 count), Royal BlueDon't want to use a balloon? Some teachers hav
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3rd - 6th
State Report | A State Research Project for ANY U.S. State! | 50 States
Your students will love researching and learning about ANY state with this lap book project! Everything you need to easily set up and implement a fun, hands on state research project in your classroom is included.
This packet includes separate map pages of ALL 50 states, so that you can either assign all students to research the same state (usually the one you reside in) or assign students to each create a lap book for a different state. The finished projects make a wonderful display!
If yo
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3rd - 6th
Me on the Map Flip Book - Map Skills Geography Activity
This Me on the Map flip book is the perfect easy-prep project to accompany the book Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney or any beginner map study. Students will identify the planet, continent, country, state, and city or town they live in and begin to understand the relative sizes of each.Prep is simple! Copy a set of the included booklet pages for each student. Students write in the missing words, cut out each semi-circles, and stack them from smallest to largest. Staple the top to complete the fl
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1st - 3rd
Biography & Animal Report Pennant Research Project Informational Writing Bundle
This is the perfect bundle for helping your students creatively display their learning in a super fun biography and/or animal report! The Biography Report Pennant Banners come with over 250 amazing people of influence for displaying your learning about important people throughout history. Tired of the same old way to present your Biography Reports? Perfect for any time of the year, these pennants are a great way to supplement your Social Studies instruction as well as help your students organiz
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2nd - 5th
Wax Museum & Biography Writing Project
This item is a great tool to help students learn about researching, biographies, taking notes, and writing a multi-paragraph paper.You'll find everything you need to put on a wax museum as well! Items include:*a student tracking sheet to help you keep track of historians, assignments, and due dates*note-taking and rough draft pages for 5 paragraphs (these paragraphs include an introduction, early life, contributions, later life, and conclusion*final copy paper that includes a place for students
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1st - 4th
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
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Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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